Bear with me here..

A Vanagon friend kept a couple of real snowballs frozen in his Gelato Cooler for me, for two days�
The Gelato/Truck Fridge work Ok�. Who cares about a couple of amp/hrs give or take.

Pz

On 2011-09-18, at 9:10 PM, Vanagon wrote:

> Heck, even at the "low" setting the thing makes ice cubes and keeps my food cold. 
> 
> Sent from my smartphone with tiny screen & even tinier keypad.
> 
> On Sep 18, 2011, at 8:45 PM, Phil Zimmerman <philzimm1@SHAW.CA> wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:34:04 -0700, Vanagon <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> 
>>> Well, okay -- but how do I determine a "best fit" is?
>> ----
>> 
>> Easy peezee rocket.
>> You have that real cool amp/hr measuring gizmo in mellow...
>> Try each setting on the gelato maker: high, medium and low for your particular camping
>> situation..
>> Over a period of time... what works as a best-fit will become apparent....
>> Lowest overall amp draw that produces an acceptable temperature in the gelato cooler.
>> 
>> That's my story....
>> 
>> Pz
>> --------
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my smartphone with tiny screen & even tinier keypad.
>>> 
>>> On Sep 18, 2011, at 8:04 PM, Phil Zimmerman <philzimm1@SHAW.CA> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 07:27:56 -0700, Vanagon <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Right, but here's my question.
>>>>> 
>>>>> If low current setting + longer runtime = high current setting + shorter runtime . . .
>> in
>>>> other words, if there is no overall effect on longterm power consumption . . . then why
>>>> does Vitrifrigo even bother giving the option of three different levels of current
>>>> consumption?
>>>> ---------
>>>> Rocket,
>>>> 
>>>> Somewhere between your question (above) and Dennis's insights...
>>>> 
>>>> Recalling a samba post a year ago, where a new gelato-fridge installation
>>>> (my sarcastic name) was consuming way-more amp-hours than expected.
>>>> 
>>>> The problem was located in the fridge thermostat. So said the factory rep. as I recall.
>>>> Thermostats vary. Some are fast, some are slow to respond to delta-"t".
>>>> Others are numb to respond at all.
>>>> 
>>>> Now I'm guessing here. The three current settings are available to get a best-fit with
>> the
>>>> individual thermostat. Try each setting for a "best fit" to your particular thermostat...
>>>> 
>>>> Pz